--- title: Jimmy Fallon Does Surprise Performance With Bono at U2 Concert description: Hip hop group The Roots also appeared at U2's Madison Square Garden concert canonical: https://time.com/3969303/jimmy-fallon-bono-u2/ author: Entertainment Weekly article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-07-23T11:49:37.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T09:31:05.761Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: Jimmy Fallon Does Surprise Performance With Bono at U2 Concert og:description: Hip hop group The Roots also appeared at U2's Madison Square Garden concert og:url: https://time.com/3969303/jimmy-fallon-bono-u2/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Jimmy Fallon Does Surprise Performance With Bono at U2 Concert twitter:description: Hip hop group The Roots also appeared at U2's Madison Square Garden concert twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # See Jimmy Fallon's Surprise Performance With Bono at U2 Concert by [Entertainment Weekly](https://time.com/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## Entertainment Weekly Jul 23, 2015 11:49 AM UTC by [Entertainment Weekly](https://time.com/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## Entertainment Weekly Jul 23, 2015 11:49 AM UTC U2 brought down the house during their Madison Square Garden performance Wednesday night, with surprise guests Jimmy Fallon and The Roots. Fallon was in the audience during the concert, with a sign in front of his face that said “Singer with a [broken finger](http://www.ew.com/article/2015/06/26/jimmy-fallon-hand-injury-photo).” U2 frontman Bono invited _The Tonight Show_ host on stage, and Fallon quipped, “I’m afraid of Irish men that fall down and injure themselves,” referencing Bono’s 2014 [biking injury](http://www.ew.com/article/2014/11/16/u2-cancels-tonight-show-bono-accident) that led U2 to cancel a week-long _Tonight Show_ residency. Fallon joined the band in a rendition of “Desire,” eliciting cheers for his impression of Bono while singing. “It’s not easy being Bono,” he joked. The song was soon followed by a surprise appearance by hip hop group The Roots — Fallon’s band on _The Tonight Show —_ who joined U2 for a performance of “Angel of Harlem.” Bono also gave shoutouts to celebs in the audience, including Paul McCartney, Christy Turlington, and Angelique Kidjo, among others. Highlights from the set included “Where the Streets Have No Name,” “Beautiful Day” and “Bullet the Blue Sky.” The band closed the show with a rendition of “One.” Part of U2’s Innocence + Experience tour, Wednesday’s performance marked the band’s third show in an eight-night stand at Madison Square Garden. Check out photos and video from the show below: [https://instagram.com/p/5dlS0YDF3a](https://instagram.com/p/5dlS0YDF3a/) [https://instagram.com/p/5dli\_GjF33](https://instagram.com/p/5dli%5FGjF33/) [https://instagram.com/p/5dnICvkYcH](https://instagram.com/p/5dnICvkYcH/) Angel of Harlem with [@questlove](https://twitter.com/questlove?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw) and [@theroots](https://twitter.com/theroots?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw). [@U2](https://twitter.com/U2?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw) [#MSG3](https://twitter.com/hashtag/MSG3?src=hash&ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/YDQBAYg9H0](http://t.co/YDQBAYg9H0) — John Heilemann (@jheil) [July 23, 2015](https://twitter.com/jheil/status/624036576373436422?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw) [_This article originially appeared on EW.com_](http://www.ew.com/article/2015/07/22/u2-jimmy-fallon-madison-square-garden) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3969303/jimmy-fallon-bono-u2/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3969303/jimmy-fallon-bono-u2/"},"headline":"See Jimmy Fallon's Surprise Performance With Bono at U2 Concert","datePublished":"2015-07-23T11:49:37.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T09:31:05.761Z","description":"Hip hop group The Roots also appeared at U2's Madison Square Garden concert","url":"https://time.com/3969303/jimmy-fallon-bono-u2/","keywords":["celebrities"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Entertainment Weekly","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/entertainment-weekly/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/celebrities/","name":"celebrities"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3969303/jimmy-fallon-bono-u2/","name":"See Jimmy Fallon's Surprise Performance With Bono at U2 Concert"}}]}] ```